2018 all issues

Mental health - Unions want prevention not cure, but say there should be mental as well as physical health first aid provision in workplaces; Pensions - Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pension schemes are the new kids on the pensions block; Latest case law on contracts of employment and tribunals[More ...]

2017-18 pay round - The second part of Workplace Report's analysis of settlements from the LRD Payline database; ASHE 2018 pay round - Workplace Report examines the main findings of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings to see how pay has fared over the last five years; Latest case law on dismissals and transfers[More ...]

2017-18 pay round – Workplace Report examines over 1,000 settlements from the LRD Payline database to provide an overview of how workers fared in the 2017-18 pay round; Latest case law on discrimination[More ...]

Sick pay - Workers need the security of an income when off sick. Workplace Report surveys the arrangements of 78 collectively agreed sick pay schemes; Pay ratios - The Equality and Human Rights Commission wants the disability and ethnicity pay gaps in large organisations to be calculated and reported on; Latest case law on contracts of employment and tribunal procedures[More ...]

Market supplements – Workplace Report examines some of the pay solutions used by organisations to help solve staffing problems; Pay ratios - The government has published regulations that will require large companies to reveal its pay ratio - the gap between its CEO’s pay and the average employee; Latest case law on dismissal and redundancy[More ...]

Regional allowances - More workers outside of London are arguing that the high cost of living; Pay claims in local government - Local government unions are working on higher pay claims now that the 1% public sector pay cap has allegedly ended; Latest cases involving discrimination[More ...]

Sexual harassment - Workplace policies can empower women who all too often are deterred from reporting sexual harassment; Whistleblowing - It’s the 20th anniversary of whistleblowing legislation. The law is sorely needed, particularly in the NHS and social care; atest case law on contracts and tribunal procedures[More ...]

Gender pay gap - questions are being raised about the gender pay gap in some of the 10,000 or so organisations required to report; Health and safety sentencing - ten years ago a law on corporate manslaughter was introduced, but is the law fit for purpose or are employers still getting away with murder?; Latest case law on dismissal, transfers and redundancy[More ...]

2017-18 pay round - The median increase for the pay round so far is 2.5% - an improvement on the 2.2% rise last year at this time; Union learning - There is a £12.30 return to the economy from every £1 invested in the Union Learning Fund - one of the benefits of union-led learning; Latest case law on discrimination[More ...]

Workers' voice - the TUC’s Great Jobs Agenda includes a demand for the workers’ voice in the boardroom. A Workplace Report survey reveals how 79 workplaces consult; Union advantage - the trade union premium on pay is just one of the advantages of being a union member; Latest case law on employment contracts and tribunal procedures[More ...]

Pay in the civil service – Workplace Report analyses around 40 departmental and agency pay agreements in Westminster, Wales and Scotland; Inflation and pay across Europe -Which European countries saw pay rise in real terms last year? Central and Eastern Europe came out top our survey shows; Latest case law on dismissal, transfers and redundancy[More ...]

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